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Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Summary:

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which began in 1996, is a set of
large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical
providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.), and employers across
the United States. MEPS collects data on the specific health services
that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these
services, and how they were paid for, as well as data on the cost,
scope, and breadth of health insurance held by and available to the
U.S. workers.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which began in 1996, is a set of
large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical
providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.), and employers across
the United States. MEPS collects data on the specific health services
that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these
services, and how they were paid for, as well as data on the cost,
scope, and breadth of health insurance held by and available to the
U.S. workers.